{"id":9216,"date":"2023-08-10T22:25:38","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T20:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=9216"},"modified":"2023-08-10T23:00:27","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T21:00:27","slug":"cultura-kaliningrad-a-world-wide-beer-bonanza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/cultura-kaliningrad-a-world-wide-beer-bonanza\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultura Kaliningrad a World-Wide Beer Bonanza!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cultura Bottle Shop in Kaliningrad<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>10 August 2023 ~ Cultura Kaliningrad a World-Wide Beer Bonanza!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/variety-of-beer-in-kaliningrad\/\" title=\"The beer reviews that I have written to my blog \">The beer reviews that I have written to my blog <\/a>number in the region of twenty five. That I have managed to fit these in between drinking beer is astonishing, but somehow they have taken shape. In these reviews I have dealt exclusively with beers sold through supermarkets, predominantly in PET bottles in regulated volumes of 1.35 to 1.5 litres, but the fact that I have homed in on this category of beer does not mean that during the course of my beer-drinking lifestyle, I have not permitted myself the pleasure of quaffing offerings of a more specialised nature, beers which by their craft or import status are generally considered more exotic and, as a consequence, more expensive.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Thus, in addition to my reviews of the best and the worst of Kaliningrad\u2019s \u2018run of the mill\u2019 bottled beer, I give you fair warning that I am now about to embark on the no less difficult appraisal of craft and speciality imported beers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As in my last series of highly professional and sensible reviews, it is my intention to stick to beers purchased through supermarkets and\/or specialist beer-selling outlets, in other words from what we call in England off-sales rather than licensed premises, such as bars, cafes, restaurants and hotels or, to be more precise, beers sold in bottles as distinct from barrel-stored, tap-dispensed beverages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Whilst supermarkets and smaller shops in Kaliningrad may stock one or two more exotic brands of beers supplementary to their standard fare, such commodities are typically to be found in greater abundance and choice in specialist retail outlets. A number of such establishments abound in Kaliningrad, but one of the best by virtue of its diverse selection and quality has to be <a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/culturabottleshop\" title=\"Cultura\">Cultura<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cultura Kaliningrad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Cultura\u2019s pedigree is accredited by discerning beer-buying and drinking afficionados, whose approving comments feature regularly on various beer-tickers\u2019 websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" data-attachment-id=\"9222\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/cultura-kaliningrad-a-world-wide-beer-bonanza\/good-beer-sign-cultura-kaliningrad-rz-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Good Beer sign Cultura Kaliningrad rz-min\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Good Beer in Kaliningrad\" class=\"wp-image-9222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Good-Beer-sign-Cultura-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Cultura is situated on one of Kaliningrad\u2019s busy city thoroughfares, Prospekt Mira. As with many other shops in Kaliningrad, it is located on the ground floor of a three or four storey block of flats, whose size and scale dwarfs its presence and understates its potential. Indeed, if it wasn\u2019t for the fact that seasoned beer drinkers are like seasoned hunters \u2014 they have a nose for their quarry \u2014 the shop and its myriad delights could easily be passed by. True, the Russian word for beer (<em>peeva<\/em>) is large enough not to be missed, but the back-to-basics look, which may or may not be designer inspirited, is a little too convincing when viewed against the backdrop of the tired old flats in which it is framed. However, first impressions can be deceptive, and don\u2019t we drinkers know it, and any misgivings and apprehensions that may be unjustly inferred are swept away immediately once you have wassailed inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"9223\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/cultura-kaliningrad-a-world-wide-beer-bonanza\/cultura-outside\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?fit=1290%2C968&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1290,968\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1679401434&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cultura outside\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Cultura outside\" class=\"wp-image-9223\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-outside.jpg?w=1290&amp;ssl=1 1290w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cultura Kaliningrad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">In fact, once inside Cultura one\u2019s senses positively reel! The shop has an awful lot of beer, an awesome lot of different beers, and even after closing your eyes, opening them again, rubbing them and pinching yourself, the notion that you might have died and gone to beer-shop heaven is delightfully ineffaceable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" data-attachment-id=\"9224\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/cultura-kaliningrad-a-world-wide-beer-bonanza\/bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-cultura-rz-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bottles of beer on shelves Cultura\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Bottles of imported beer Kaliningrad\" class=\"wp-image-9224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bottles-of-beer-on-shelves-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cultura Kaliningrad<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">I am not much of a traveller, so Cultura is my compensation. Its beers, sourced from around the world, enable me to globe trot at will. I can be in Germany one minute and Belgium the next. I can even be back in Great Britain, no passport or visa required, all that is needed is cash and in the globalist era of touch-card technology even that is not an impediment ~ or so they would have us believe!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" data-attachment-id=\"9225\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/cultura-kaliningrad-a-world-wide-beer-bonanza\/beer-types-cultua-rz-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Beer types Cultua\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Beers in Clultura Kaliningrad\" class=\"wp-image-9225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?resize=16%2C12&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?resize=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?resize=24%2C18&amp;ssl=1 24w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Beer-types-Cultua-rz-min.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Cultura is like a library, and whilst not all drinkers are readers and not all readers are drinkers, who could resist working their way through the legion of beer-bottle labels that line Cultura\u2019s shelves. Volumes and volumes of labels and each label speaking volumes; talk about spoilt for choice! Where on earth does one start?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A good starting point could be strength, country of origin, dark beer or hoppy light, bottle size and cost. Alternatively, you could invite your curiosity to take you where it will, which is more or less the path that I took. As I travelled around the world in my own inimitable way, marvelling at the exhibits, as unique and individual as anything in an art gallery, price became a factor, albeit a not defining one, in the process of selection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"864\" data-attachment-id=\"9228\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/cultura-kaliningrad-a-world-wide-beer-bonanza\/mick-with-muzzle-min-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-with-muzzle-min-1.jpg?fit=384%2C864&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"384,864\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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class=\"wp-image-9228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-with-muzzle-min-1.jpg?w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-with-muzzle-min-1.jpg?resize=133%2C300&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-with-muzzle-min-1.jpg?resize=5%2C12&amp;ssl=1 5w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-with-muzzle-min-1.jpg?resize=11%2C24&amp;ssl=1 11w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-with-muzzle-min-1.jpg?resize=16%2C36&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-with-muzzle-min-1.jpg?resize=21%2C48&amp;ssl=1 21w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-Hart-with-Whisky-Beer-Culrura-beer-shop-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-Hart-with-Whisky-Beer-Culrura-beer-shop-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?fit=625%2C469&amp;ssl=1\" data-id=\"9227\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-Hart-with-Whisky-Beer-Culrura-beer-shop-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=625%2C469&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mick Hart samples Kaliningrad imported beers\" class=\"wp-image-9227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-Hart-with-Whisky-Beer-Culrura-beer-shop-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-Hart-with-Whisky-Beer-Culrura-beer-shop-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C27&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-Hart-with-Whisky-Beer-Culrura-beer-shop-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?resize=48%2C36&amp;ssl=1 48w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-Hart-with-Whisky-Beer-Culrura-beer-shop-Kaliningrad-rz-min.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Above: Mick Hart in Cultura: one photo was taken during the Plandemic; the other later. Bet you can&#8217;t guess which is which?!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Translating roubles into pounds based on the exchange rate on any given day is never easy; performing the calculation as an aid to purchasing beer is analogous to acrobatics, and whilst it may not, and often does not, provide the safety net you hope it will, price variations in Cultura are sufficiently dramatic to make falling back on this methodology an imperfect reassurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">On my first visit to Cultura at the height of the Plandemic in November 2021, the exchange rate was such that it allowed me to cut some slack, and I was not particularly concerned about paying 350 to 400 roubles for a litre bottle of beer (then about \u00a34.50) even though in those days the average price for a 1.5 litre bottle available from supermarkets was under \u00a31.50. \u201cTreat yourself!\u201d I thought, and so I did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure 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625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" data-attachment-id=\"9230\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/cultura-kaliningrad-a-world-wide-beer-bonanza\/cultura-kaliningrad-lots-of-beer-rz-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Cultura-Kaliningrad-lots-of-beer-rz-min.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Expensive-beers-in-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?resize=27%2C36&amp;ssl=1 27w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Expensive-beers-in-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?resize=36%2C48&amp;ssl=1 36w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Expensive-beers-in-Cultura-rz-min.jpg?w=896&amp;ssl=1 896w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Come 2023, however, I was less complacent. This was the time when the rouble was billed as the \u2018best performing currency in the world\u2019, thanks to the fiscal measures taken to equalise the impact of western sanctions. The resultant disparity in the price and value of craft and imported beers had me effectively sanction myself. Unlike the big sanctions, however, whose efficacy are questionable, my little, private sanctions were not so ill conceived that they would come back later to bite my arse; they were modest in proportion and tenable in their application, working on the kind of budget that the Bank of England can only dream of. Even so, speciality beers, particularly imported ones, have always come with a higher price tag wherever you might be domiciled, and those in Cultura are no exception. I will leave you to decide whether or not you would be prepared to pay \u00a315 or more for a litre bottle of beer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAy up, mother, I think it\u2019s off to the working man\u2019s club!\u201d (Note: Working Men\u2019s Clubs are no longer permissible in British society: (a) because we no longer have a \u2018working class\u2019 and Benefit Class does not sound near as 21<sup>st<\/sup> century as politicians would like, and (b) to have a man\u2019s club or a man\u2019s thing of any kind in the UK is impermissible under the \u2018Everyone has to be Queer Act\u2019 [source: <em>Winky\u2019s Guide to British Law<\/em> by N.O. Balls])<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">That having been said, and I am sorry that it has been, but things do have a habit of popping out (when you least expect them to) [source <em>When I Was Young<\/em> by Y. Fronts], the price range in Cultura is flexible enough to ease the stays on your wallet without making you walk lop-sided. And once everything is paid for, it all fits snugly in a nice paper bag.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"864\" data-attachment-id=\"9233\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/cultura-kaliningrad-a-world-wide-beer-bonanza\/mick-outside-booze-shop-min\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-outside-Booze-shop-min.jpg?fit=384%2C864&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"384,864\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mick-outside-Booze-shop-min\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-outside-Booze-shop-min.jpg?fit=133%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-outside-Booze-shop-min.jpg?fit=384%2C864&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-outside-Booze-shop-min.jpg?resize=384%2C864&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mick Hart oustide Cultura\" class=\"wp-image-9233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-outside-Booze-shop-min.jpg?w=384&amp;ssl=1 384w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-outside-Booze-shop-min.jpg?resize=133%2C300&amp;ssl=1 133w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-outside-Booze-shop-min.jpg?resize=5%2C12&amp;ssl=1 5w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-outside-Booze-shop-min.jpg?resize=11%2C24&amp;ssl=1 11w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-outside-Booze-shop-min.jpg?resize=16%2C36&amp;ssl=1 16w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/expatkaliningrad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Mick-outside-Booze-shop-min.jpg?resize=21%2C48&amp;ssl=1 21w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">There are red flags and red lights: one is to a bull which the other is to need, and there are green lights that mean Go. Which is why I went to Cultura. No one should court seduction until it becomes a vice, but every once in a while passion needs an outing. Remember the words that your maiden aunt should have listened to but didn&#8217;t: \u2018a little of what you fancy does you good!\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Cultura has a lot of that little and plenty more besides. You won\u2019t be sorry you went there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#185313\"><strong>Copyright \u00a9 2018-2023 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More beer delights in Kaliningrad<br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/london-pub-kaliningrad-best-pub\/\" title=\"The London Pub\">The London Pub<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/sir-francis-drake-english-pub-kaliningrad\/\" title=\"Sir Francis Drake\">Sir Francis Drake<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/4-great-kaliningrad-bars-mick-harts-pub-crawl\/\" title=\"Four great Kaliningrad bars\">Four great Kaliningrad bars<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/an-englishman-at-the-dreadnought-kaliningrad\/\" title=\"Dreadnought\">Dreadnought<\/a><br><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-blue-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">The main thing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cultura Bottle Shop<\/strong><br>Prospekt Mira, 46-48, Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, 236022<br><strong>Tel:<\/strong> &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=cultura+bottle+shop+kaliningrad&amp;oq=&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgAEEUYOxjCAzIJCAAQRRg7GMIDMgkIARBFGDsYwgMyCQgCEEUYOxjCAzIJCAMQRRg7GMIDMgkIBBBFGDsYwgMyCQgFEEUYOxjCAzIJCAYQRRg7GMIDMgkIBxBFGDsYwgPSAQ0xMDYyNjE4NmowajE1qAIIsAIB&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8#\">+7 911 860-78-50<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Opening times<\/strong><br>Fri &amp; Sat 11am to 1pm<br>Sun to Thurs 11am to 10pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Website<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/vk.com\/culturabottleshop\" title=\"\">https:\/\/vk.com\/culturabottleshop<\/a>\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cultura Bottle Shop in Kaliningrad 10 August 2023 ~ Cultura Kaliningrad a World-Wide Beer Bonanza! The beer reviews that I have written to my blog number in the region of twenty five. That I have managed to fit these in between drinking beer is astonishing, but somehow they have taken shape. 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